Patents by Inventor Charles E. Mannix

Charles E. Mannix has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Light guide film control for optically tunable metamaterials
    Patent number: 9753185
    Abstract: A metamaterial control device is provided for controlling electromagnetic radiation. The device uses a light-guide film (LGF), with the LGF being capable of receiving light emission along an edge. The device includes a substrate disposed on a non-edges surface of the LGF, electromagnetic cellular structures that are controllable, and an optically sensitive component within some or all cells. The substrate is composed of metamaterial and having an interface that corresponds to an extractor on the non-edge surface for scattering light therefrom. Alternatively, the substrate can constitute the LGF itself. The cell structure is disposed around the extractor. The optically sensitive component is disposed to cover the extractor. The component changes in response to receiving the light from the extractor and changes in response to intensity of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin A. Boulais, Francisco Santiago, Charles E. Mannix
  • Light Guide Film Control for Optically Tunable Metamaterials
    Publication number: 20170075038
    Abstract: A metamaterial control device is provided for controlling electromagnetic radiation. The device uses a light-guide film (LGF), with the LGF being capable of receiving light emission along an edge. The device includes a substrate disposed on a non-edges surface of the LGF, electromagnetic cellular structures that are controllable, and an optically sensitive component within some or all cells. The substrate is composed of metamaterial and having an interface that corresponds to an extractor on the non-edge surface for scattering light therefrom. Alternatively, the substrate can constitute the LGF itself. The cell structure is disposed around the extractor. The optically sensitive component is disposed to cover the extractor. The component changes in response to receiving the light from the extractor and changes in response to intensity of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin A. Boulais, Francisco Santiago, Charles E. Mannix